Brain Teaser

[kittykiller3000]

over the next few days(mabe weeks) i well be puting up brain teasers on this thread, and eather in a few hours or the next day. It's your job to find out the answer befor iput it on the borad.

Frist BrainTease: How Far Can a Dog Run Into The Forest???

[Animematt55]

^ until it hits a tree.

[Anubis_Revived]

Frist BrainTease: How Far Can a Dog Run Into The Forest???
Half way? Because then he'd be running out of the forest, and not into it.

[kittykiller3000]

you got it right. GOOD JOB!!!

[kittykiller3000]

You know what, i'll just add the second Brain Teases now

Second Brain Brain Teases: A Clerk At The Buchtcher Is 5'10" tall, What Does HE Wigh

[Anubis_Revived]

Second Brain Brain Teases: A Clerk At The Buchtcher Is 5'10" tall, What Does HE Wigh
He weighs meat! :P

[Rain]

^ Damn you're good. :(

[Kaitou Tsubaki]

damn everyone is getting to them first...

[kittykiller3000]

THAT'S ANOTHER ON. if you keep on doing that i'll run out brfor the night is done

[kittykiller3000]

okay here's the toughy

The Third Brain Teaser: Divied 30 By 1/2 And Add 10, What's The Answer

[predecessor]

70? *shows of crappy math skills*

[kittykiller3000]

you got it right, GOOD JOB

[kittykiller3000]

this is thelast one for tonight.

The Forth Brain Teaser: Do They Have A Forth Of July In Elgland?

[predecessor]

yay*dances*:P
and of course they do.

[Leader Desslock]

If you mean "Fourth", yes. Why wouldn't they? It's between the 3rd and the 5th.

If you mean "Forth", then why would they celebrate an old programming language?

[kitsuneQt]

Yes....just like they have every other day of the month.........

[kittykiller3000]

That Wasn't Suposed To Be That Eazy.>i

[kittykiller3000]

look for more tomarmow.

[kittykiller3000]

oaky here we go

The Fith Brain Teaser: If I Have Two U.S Coins That Equal $0.55, One Is Not A Nickel, What Are The Coins?

[Leader Desslock]

A fifty-cent piece and a nickel. One of them is not a nickel, but the OTHER one is.

[kittykiller3000]

that's right.

[kittykiller3000]

here's the next one

The Sixth Brain Teaser: How Many Animals Of Each sex Did Moeses Put On The Ark?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

One each.

- Got it wrong

[Rain]

None. It was Noah who took the animals on the Ark?

There was an airplane crash and every single person died, but two people survived. How is this possible?

[Leader Desslock]

^ A married couple survived. They weren't single.

[Depression]

www.dictionary.com

It had to be done people.

[kittykiller3000]

Originally posted by Mel
None. It was Noah who took the animals on the Ark?
that's the right answer.

[kittykiller3000]

Here's a Changle

The Seventh Brain Teaser: Some Mounths Have 31 Day, How Many Have 28?

[Rain]

Here's a Changle

The Seventh Brain Teaser: Some Mounths Have 31 Day, How Many Have 28?

Uhh, all 12 months!

[Reinas]

www.dictionary.com

It had to be done people.

Oh you spelling nazi you. :P


What's on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening?

[Rain]

Oh you spelling nazi you. :P


What's on four legs in the morning, two at noon and three in the evening?

Man.

Depression, give the guy/girl a break. :P

[WandaDetroit]

Man - they crawl (4 legs), they walk (2 legs), and they need a walking stick, (3 legs).

[WandaDetroit]

you need to find more... original riddles :P :P

[Leader Desslock]

A man walks into a pub, sits down at the bar and simply orders a water. The bartender looks at the man, then quickly pulls out a shotgun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank you," and leaves. Why did they behave this way?

[WandaDetroit]

That isn't a brainteaser... that sounds like a question that would have been on one of my psych tests :P

[CeLL_288]

A man walks into a pub, sits down at the bar and simply orders a water. The bartender looks at the man, then quickly pulls out a shotgun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank you," and leaves. Why did they behave this way?Because he pissed his pants?

[MagicianCamille]

A man walks into a pub, sits down at the bar and simply orders a water. The bartender looks at the man, then quickly pulls out a shotgun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank you," and leaves. Why did they behave this way?

Sounds like a racial thing. Was this man blue?

It was you wasn't it?

(It was Desslock)

[Midoriko87]

A man walks into a pub, sits down at the bar and simply orders a water. The bartender looks at the man, then quickly pulls out a shotgun and points it at the man. The man says "Thank you," and leaves. Why did they behave this way?

The guy that ordered the water had hickups. So, the bartender scared the dude's hickups away. :D

[Leader Desslock]

^ Hiccups are Correct!

[Midoriko87]

^ Hiccups are Correct!

Wow, this is rewarding and embarassing. -_-;

[kittykiller3000]

Now the hardist one yet

The Eighth Brain Teaser: A Man Builds A House In Rectangalar Shape, All Sides Have Southen Exposuers, A Big Bear Comes To The House, What Color Is The Bear and Why?

[Leader Desslock]

The bear is white. The only place a rectangular house could be built with 4 southern exposures would be on the north pole. The only kinds of bears found at the north pole would be Polar Bears, which are white.

[kittykiller3000]

That's right, GOOD JOB!!!

[Evil_Koala]

The bear is white. The only place a rectangular house could be built with 4 southern exposures would be on the north pole. The only kinds of bears found at the north pole would be Polar Bears, which are white.

What about the Teddy Bears Santa and his Elves make in his workshop at the North Pole?

[GreatNekoKoneko]

what about the green bears that live in gum gum forest? you know, with chcocolate unicorns and kool-aid waterfalls...wait...gotta stop taking oxycontin...

[kittykiller3000]

OOOOKay.........

9th Brain Teaser: Why Can't A Man Living In The U.S Be beared In Canada?

[Leader Desslock]

'Beared'? What's 'beared'? Borne? Born?

[Ikari Warrior]

or is it bearded?

[kittykiller3000]

like dug, dig, digged........... you cach my drift

[Ikari Warrior]

you mean...buried?

If so, then a man living in the US can't be buried in canada because he's still alive!

[kittykiller3000]

yup you got both right

[kittykiller3000]

now a cool one.

The Tenth Brain Teaser: A Truck Full With Pummkins and eggplants is driving when it enconters a sharp turn, what dose it drop?

[Ikari Warrior]

It drops speed.

[kittykiller3000]

O COME ON is ther not one brain teaser that you don't know?

[Rissa_Rae]

BRAIN TEASER! : A man and a woman go on vacation on the pacific north west coast. Weeks later when they are back in their home town they go to the police station. They say that there is a dead man hanging by a rope off a cliff in one of the cities they had visited on vacation, in a fairly unpopullated area. The police shocked to hear this immediatly go to the cliff, and find the dead man there, a rich millionare whom had died approximately at the time the couple had been there. They question the couple, wondering if they had anything to do with it, but they were quickly released. So my question is, if they did not kill the man, why did it take them so long to report the body to the police?

[Ikari Warrior]

uh, their car broke down?

[Rissa_Rae]

"Nope, apparently I've broken you're winning streak dahling."

[kittykiller3000]

here's one

The 11th Brain Teaser: You Only Have One Mach, And You Walk Into A Room With A Kerasen Lamp, An Oil Bearner, And A Wood Bearing Stoof, Wich Do Lite First

[Rissa_Rae]

"The match."

[Lord Dagoth]

BRAIN TEASER! : A man and a woman go on vacation on the pacific north west coast. Weeks later when they are back in their home town they go to the police station. They say that there is a dead man hanging by a rope off a cliff in one of the cities they had visited on vacation, in a fairly unpopullated area. The police shocked to hear this immediatly go to the cliff, and find the dead man there, a rich millionare whom had died approximately at the time the couple had been there. They question the couple, wondering if they had anything to do with it, but they were quickly released. So my question is, if they did not kill the man, why did it take them so long to report the body to the police?

Umm...they live on the east coast and the time zones made it seem later?? I don't know...

[Midoriko87]

BRAIN TEASER! : So my question is, if they did not kill the man, why did it take them so long to report the body to the police?

Oh, come on, no one visits the Pacific Northwest. The place is barren. To inhabitants of the PN, I'm just joshin'. Feel free to talk garbage about Georgia and its high schools.

Off-topic, but wouldn't this be out of the jurisdiction of the couple's hometown police department?

[Leader Desslock]

Because they didn't realize the man was dead until they got back from vacation and developed their pictures. The dead guy (and the cliff) was in the background of the pictures they'd taken.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I got one.

Who is your father's only son's brother's uncle's wife's daughter's brother's father's son?

Or you can do these ones, its one of those puzzles where you have to guess the saying or thing from the letters. Like this one.

gesg
segg
gegs
gges

What's the thing?

[Ikari Warrior]

Or you can do these ones, its one of those puzzles where you have to guess the saying or thing from the letters. Like this one.

gesg
segg
gegs
gges

What's the thing?

Is it eggs?

Damn, Dess, I never would've figured that out.

[VidelCoolGirl]

It's scrambled eggs.

Anyway heres a Rebus Puzzle.

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz46.gif

[3C.]

oh i love rebus puzzles.....

um.... The poor among the rich??

[VidelCoolGirl]

It's Take from the rich, give to the poor. That one was stupid. I'll put some more up.
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz106.gif
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz87.gif
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz63.gif
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz52.gif

[3C.]

jeez....these are hard....

the 3rd one is Excuse Me

[VidelCoolGirl]

You got that one right. It took me a bit to get these ones. It's obvious once you get the anwser though.

[SabakuKuniGaara]

Last one is foreign language.

[3C.]

the 4th one is forgien Language


Woops, someone got there before me ^^

[VidelCoolGirl]

You both win a cookie.

[3C.]

yay!!! cookies!!

[animeotaku99]

2nd is space invaders 1st is Barber shop quertet

[3C.]

space invaders?? dang....thats so obvious!!

[VidelCoolGirl]

Yep, he got the other ones. He wins two cookies and a half.

[CeLL_288]

First one is barbershop quartet. And I got the foreign language one too.

[animeotaku99]

More Rebus Pleaz!

[VidelCoolGirl]

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz59.gif
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puz51.gif

http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/images/puzzles/puzzle148.gif

[3C.]

well i'm lost

wait......is the Chawhowhorge one....

to who is in charge?

[animeotaku99]

1st one is: easy on the eyes
2nd who's in charge

[VidelCoolGirl]

Good Job man. You win the prize.

[animeotaku99]

I have no idea as to the third one

[Leader Desslock]

3rd: A play on words.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Guy got it.

[kittykiller3000]

How about this one

The 12th Brain Teaser: What Has 4 Feet And Flys

[Lord Dagoth]

Any dead animal?

[Aragami]

A flying squirrel.

Lame.

Two dead babies...

HAHAHAHH................

Your mom?

OOOOOOOOOH!!!!

jk. ha.

[Caine]

a midget pilot?

[Lord Dagoth]

OMG I KNOW I'M NOT SUPPOSED TO INTERRUPT A RIDDLE BUT I JUST MADE UP A REALLY GOOD ONE:

What has no legs and flies?

Answer: SNAKES ON A PLANE

[Aragami]

A Frisby! A Plane! A Hellicopter. A Space Ship!

Did I Win?!!!!

[Lord Dagoth]

I edited the answer into my post. IT'S GOING TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I run over fields and woods all day. Under the bed at night I sit not alone. My tongue hangs out, up and to the rear, awaiting to be filled in the morning. What am I?

[Aragami]

I edited the answer into my post. IT'S GOING TO BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF.

THAT"S INGENIOUS!! MAN IF I WASNT NAKED THAT REALLY WOULDVE BLOWN MY SOCKS OFF> HA> WHO WOULDA THOUGHT. A Frisby! psh. Everyone knows frisbys have legs; they're just in the fourth dimension! SILLY ME!!!

[Leader Desslock]

The 12th Brain Teaser: What Has 4 Feet And Flys
Didn't Mr. Whoopee use this one? For some reason, I can hear Chumley saying, "Gee, I dunno Tennessee... What does have four feet and flies?" Or maybe it had eighteen feet and catches flies. Something like that.

@videlcoolgirl: A shoe.

@Lord Dagoth: No legs and flies? Quetzlcoatl. :)

[kittykiller3000]

the answer was a hores. you know , it has 4 les and has horesflys. that one was an easy one.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Here's one.

I am weightless, but you can see me. Put me in a bucket, and I'll make it lighter. What am I?

[Lord Dagoth]

holes?

<damn the 10 character requirement>

[VidelCoolGirl]

Yeah, you got it. Dang, I though nobody would get that one.

In a marble hall white as milk
Lined with skin as soft as silk
Within a fountain crystal-clear
A golden apple doth appear.
No doors there are to this stronghold,
Yet thieves break in to steal its gold.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Nope.(Also curse the 10 letter minummum.)

[kittykiller3000]

Pummkin Pie, It has to be PUMMKIN PIE.

that's not it, is it

[kittykiller3000]

what about a cat?

[Midoriko87]

An egg? Boiled egg?

[VidelCoolGirl]

Midoriko wins the prize.

[Lord Dagoth]

It's an egg.
I remember that from the hobbit.

[kittykiller3000]

Whaaaat what does a apple have to do with an egg???????????????????????????

[VidelCoolGirl]

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?

[Lord Dagoth]

Whaaaat what does a apple have to do with an egg???????????????????????????

golden apple=yolk

[kittykiller3000]

it doesn't look like an apple to me.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I told my mom that one, and she couldnt get it, when I told hr the anwswer, she went nuts.

[Lord Dagoth]

it doesn't look like an apple to me.


>_> You have to think abstractly

[kittykiller3000]

A Montain, I Konw It IT's A Montain

[VidelCoolGirl]

For the one I posted? No that's not it.

[kittykiller3000]

It's not, than what is it

[VidelCoolGirl]

I'll put up a spoiler, for anyone who actually wants to guess it. a candle

[kittykiller3000]

My brain feel pain now.

[Lord Dagoth]

It seems so obvious when you hear the answer

[Leader Desslock]

My life can be measured in hours;
I serve by being devoured.
Thin, I am quick; fat, I am slow.
Wind is my foe.
What am I?
I guessed an open book, but that was wrong. D'oh! Yes, the answer is obvious once you hear it.

I've got a heck of a riddle that just hurt my brain for when someone guesses yours. I think it's best if we only have one open riddle at a time. ^_^

[kittykiller3000]

I Beat None of you will get this one

What is more powerful than god, more eviler than the devil, the rich need it, the poor have it, and if you eat it you die?????????????


sovle that you smartes

[Lord Dagoth]

I was going to guess money...but that doesn't makes sense

[Leader Desslock]

^ since a riddle is highly dependent on its clues, can you take some extra care and make sure you have the spelling and all the words right? What does "if you it it you die" mean? If you what it? Have it?

EDIT Here's the actual riddle:

What is greater than God, More evil than the devil, The poor have it,
The rich don't need it, And if you eat it, you'll die?

Unfortunately, I accidently saw the solution when I tried to find the whole text. I'd have guessed it, though.

[3C.]

I know that one! It's Nothing.

[Lord Dagoth]

Wow...kittykiller really messed that one up.

[Leader Desslock]

@3C: Correct. We still have videlcoolgirl's riddle open. Anyone gonna take another guess? It's a good one.

In the meantime, here's the one I worked out last night. It's quite a brain teaser, more of a logic problem than a formal riddle. It's based on a riddle originally posed by Albert Einstein.

There are no tricks, just pure logic, so good luck and don't give up.

1. In a street there are five houses side-by-side, painted five different colours.
2. In each house lives a person of different nationality
3. These five homeowners each drink a different kind of beverage, smoke different brand of cigar and keep a different pet.

THE QUESTION: WHO OWNS THE FISH?

HINTS

1. The Brit lives in a red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The Green house is next to, and on the left of the White house.
5. The owner of the Green house drinks coffee.
6. The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the Yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The man living in the centre house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The man who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The man who keeps horses lives next to the man who smokes Dunhill.
12. The man who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The man who smokes Blends has a neighbour who drinks water.

This can be worked out through raw deductive logic. It can also be coded, and I'd recommend that anyone aiming for a career as a software developer do exactly that.

Good luck. It hurt my brain quite a bit, but I got it in about... 10-15 minutes, I'd guess. You have to go over several of the questions more than once. My recommendation would be to start by figuring out the order of the houses.

[Evil_Koala]

Desslock! The answer is...Brit cuz he's the only one with the name and stuff!!!11 hUzZ4h!!11!1!!!111{shift key=one}

[Holy Knight]

Desslock, the answer is the German. I also got the answer in 10 minutes (timed meself).

[Rissa_Rae]

To the vid-girl Q...is it a wick?

[Leader Desslock]

Desslock, the answer is the German. I also got the answer in 10 minutes (timed meself).
Yep. Did it hurt your head as much as mine?

Don't worry folks - knowing the answer isn't the challenge. Figuring out HOW you know the answer is. :lol:

[Holy Knight]

Yep. Did it hurt your head as much as mine?

Don't worry folks - knowing the answer isn't the challenge. Figuring out HOW you know the answer is. :lol:

It was certainly a good exercise, but nothing a pen and paper couldn't solve. The problem is easy once you see that one set (pet, smoke, drink or nationality) just leads to another. It's pure and raw logic.

Sadly, logic is the only thing I'm good at, hence why I haven't responded to any of the previous quizzes >_<

[Caine]

stop saying its easy. Some of us just aren't good at logic. No matter how much I try I just can't seem to get all of the facts to work out

[kittykiller3000]

okay here's my last brain teaser( i got this from a weard book so bare with.)

IT is cold and it is hot
it is white and it is dark
it is stone and it is wax
its true nature is of flesh
and its color is red

[Evil_Koala]

^ ...Blood!

[Holy Knight]

I say it's a heart.

[kittykiller3000]

You got it right.

[CeLL_288]

Man, I can never get these. I always think too literally and not "outside the box."

[Evil_Koala]

You got it right.

Me?!?!?!? Or the other dude?

[kittykiller3000]

HOLY KINGHT Is Right

[Evil_Koala]

How? White Blood cells = White. Blood clots = wax. Antibodies in the blood = Stone. I win V_V

[CeLL_288]

Desslock, do you have any more of those logic puzzles? That pet one was painful, but fun. It took me over half an hour to solve -_-;

[kittykiller3000]

How? White Blood cells = White. Blood clots = wax. Antibodies in the blood = Stone. I win V_V
I didn't make up the riddle,some book did.

[Evil_Koala]

You shouldn't believe everything you read in a book.

[kittykiller3000]

You shouldn't believe everything you read in a book.
it seemed like a lagemit book to me,

[Evil_Koala]

Well, I once read a book on Jonas Salk and it said he died in 1994 and I believed it because it looked legit. Then the next week I found out he died in 1995. Looks can be decieving V_V

[kittykiller3000]

Well, I once read a book on Jonas Salk and it said he died in 1994 and I believed it because it looked legit. Then the next week I found out he died in 1995. Looks can be decieving V_V
My bad, im sory ...............

[kiba_NC]

My bad, im sory ...............

SORRY IS NOT AN ANSWER!!! FMA RULES!!! SLOTH SUCKS!

[Ikari Warrior]

What doesn't come out of a pig, sounds like it does, and what this thread is turning into?

[SabakuKuniGaara]

What doesn't come out of a pig, sounds like it does, and what this thread is turning into?

...funandinterestingthreadwithlotsofthin gsthatwecanlearnfromit?

[3C.]

^ Thats a good guess :lol:

[Holy Knight]

Ok, I just made one up on the spot:

What teases the brain and yet is not a question?

[Squangos]

A brain surgeon.

What sort of tree produces cars (taken from a fun song sung by a Billiant… Baileyant… really good British comedian)?

[Ikari Warrior]

...funandinterestingthreadwithlotsofthin gsthatwecanlearnfromit?

:lol: holy crap, that's a mouthful.

The answer was spam, because people stopped asking brainteasers.

[3C.]

*wishes she knew more bill bailey songs* uhhh......A car making tree???

[SabakuKuniGaara]

:lol: holy crap, that's a mouthful.

The answer was spam, because people stopped asking brainteasers.

My second guess...<__<

[Leader Desslock]

What sort of tree produces cars?
A fac-tree? :)

[3C.]

Dang......so obvious....Fac-tree.....

[Ikari Warrior]

Aw! good guess dess! Probably correct, too. man, I am not on top of my game today :lol: I was thinking a "Ford-est" or something...

On the topic of cars, what car would Jesus drive?

[CeLL_288]

A Chrysler!

[Ikari Warrior]

I would also accept Christ-ler :D

[Squangos]

Indeed. As the line from the song (Insect Nation, for those who are interested) goes:

We need trees, not fac-trees.

[kittykiller3000]

i got one(even though i said i'm done)

what fills in holes and destorys montians

[Ackerz]

Is it water?

[kittykiller3000]

No
(darn this 10 character rule.)

[Leader Desslock]

I'd have said "erosion", but "water", "wind", "space" and lots of other things fit.

[Ikari Warrior]

Time fits, too

[CeLL_288]

A really big shovel?

[DarkSchneider]

I would have guessed rain...

[DarkSchneider]

My second guess would be man...

[kittykiller3000]

Time fits, too
that's right.

[kittykiller3000]

here is a preaty stupin one

what do you get when a lot of bad guys fall in the ocean?

[Rissa_Rae]

"Dirty/Bad water?"

[kittykiller3000]

nope think harder

[Leader Desslock]

Goombah Gumbo? Goombo?

[GreatNekoKoneko]

they get wet?

[Tonizzle]

I got one: What kind of car doe God drive?

[The Million Dollar Prons]

God walks fooz.

[onibur23]

what do you get when a lot of bad guys fall in the ocean?

A killer wave, right?

[Holy Knight]

I got one: What kind of car doe God drive?

A Christler. And I agree with the above poster, it should be a killer wave.

[Ikari Warrior]

What kind of cigarettes does a priest smoke?

[Leader Desslock]

Holy Smokes?

I think we've devolved from 'riddles' into bad puns...

[Ikari Warrior]

:lol: holy smokes is correct -_-;

it's only a bad pun if no one likes it. and I happen to like it!

[kittykiller3000]

A killer wave, right?
it was a crime wave, but that is close enough.

i got anouther

Why couldn't the church steeple keep a secret?

[Rain]

Why couldn't the church steeple keep a secret?

No clue, why?

[kittykiller3000]

i have to let other people gess.

[Animematt55]

it was a crime wave, but that is close enough.

i got anouther

Why couldn't the church steeple keep a secret?

hmmm...it kept ringing the bell?

[kittykiller3000]

geting warmer

[Ikari Warrior]

Why couldn't the church steeple keep a secret?

Because it had bats in the belfry?

Why does this riddle remind me of the giant spider ep. of south park?

[Gannon]

Gotta love Google.

[Reidar.]

Desslock, Quetzalcoatl has two legs...

EDIT: Haha, oops. I was thinking of Quetzalcoatlus, the pterosaur. I always have dinosaurs on my brain.

[Drifter]

Everybody's probabally already heard this or a version of this but since nobody has posted it I will.
You're standing in a room with two exits, behind two doors. One man is standing at each door. One always lies, the other always tells the truth. One exit leads to salvation, one leads to damnation. You can ask one of the men one question before you have to choose a door and exit. What question do you ask? How do you choose the door to salvation?

[Anamin]

Everybody's probabally already heard this or a version of this but since nobody has posted it I will.
You're standing in a room with two exits, behind two doors. One man is standing at each door. One always lies, the other always tells the truth. One exit leads to salvation, one leads to damnation. You can ask one of the men one question before you have to choose a door and exit. What question do you ask? How do you choose the door to salvation?

I know, I know, I know this one. . .but I don't. Everytime I hear the answer it's so confusing.

Something along the lines of, you ask the one who tells the truth if the other is telling the truth and then choose that door to salvation.

[kittykiller3000]

I know, I know, I know this one. . .but I don't. Everytime I hear the answer it's so confusing.

Something along the lines of, you ask the one who tells the truth if the other is telling the truth and then choose that door to salvation.
or just ask how many legs you have or something along that line.


As for ShadowCast's gess for my riddle, it's worng the real answer is Because the bell alwas tolled. get it Here's another

Why did the kings barth-day party last so long?

[Drifter]

This is how it works You ask either one, it doesn't matter which man (I'll explian why later), which door the other man would take to leave. Then you take the oppiste door of the man's answer. The man who tells the truth would tell you which door the liar would choose. The liar would lie to you tell you that the guy who tells the truth would take which ever door led to damnation. You take the door opposite the one the guard says because you don't know which tells the truth, and which lies. In doing this you neutralize the liar. I hope it made sense.

[CeLL_288]

I hope it made sense.Um, not really. Assume the door to salvation is door one, and the one to damnation is door two. If you asked the liar, he'd tell you that the other guard would take door 2, so if you took the opposite door you would be all set. However, if you asked the truthful guard, he would tell you that the other guard would take door 1, so if you took the opposite door you would go to damnation.

[Leader Desslock]

You have to ask either guard, "If I were to ask the other guard 'which door leads to salvation', which one would he tell me?"

If the person you ask is the truthful guard, then he will indicate what the lying guard would say is the door to salvation, which will actually be the door to damnation (he lies). Thus, you take the other door.

If the person you ask is the lying guard, then he will point to the door to damnation, since he'll lie about which door the honest guard would indicate. Thus, just as before, you take the other door.

I like the option chosen by Cohen The Barbarian in the Discworld novels: kill one guard, then tell the other guard that whichever door he chooses, he's walking out first. :lol: Cohen's a practical man.

[CeLL_288]

You have to ask either guard, "If I were to ask the other guard 'which door leads to salvation', which one would he tell me?"

If the person you ask is the truthful guard, then he will indicate what the lying guard would say is the door to salvation, which will actually be the door to damnation (he lies). Thus, you take the other door.

If the person you ask is the lying guard, then he will point to the door to damnation, since he'll lie about which door the honest guard would indicate. Thus, just as before, you take the other door.Ah, I see. You're awfully good at these riddles, Desslock. If I ever go on a treasure-hunting quest, you're coming with me.

I like the option chosen by Cohen The Barbarian in the Discworld novels: kill one guard, then tell the other guard that whichever door he chooses, he's walking out first. :lol: Cohen's a practical man.Hey, that works too.

[Tonizzle]

I got one: What kind of car doe God drive?

The answer is a Plymouth. Because he drove Adam and Eve out of the garden of eden in his "fury".

[Leader Desslock]

^ Brilliant! :lol:

[kittykiller3000]

What about my brain teaser?

[Ikari Warrior]

Why did the kings birthday party last so long?

The riddle for those who didn't catch it on the previous page.

I'm guess it lasted so long because they invited all the kings horses and all the kings men who couldn't put the party back together again.

[kittykiller3000]

The riddle for those who didn't catch it on the previous page.

I'm guess it lasted so long because they invited all the kings horses and all the kings men who couldn't put the party back together again.
i'm sory but that's not the answer i'll post the answer look on bottom









it was an all kinght party

[Nano]

not so easy this one eh. a Squared + b Squared + c Squared = d Squared. My question, what is d?

[Holy Knight]

not so easy this one eh. a Squared + b Squared + c Squared = d Squared. My question, what is d?

d could be anything. There are an infinite amount of responses for it...

[Ikari Warrior]

not so easy this one eh. a Squared + b Squared + c Squared = d Squared. My question, what is d?

d = the square root of (a^2+b^2+c^2). However, if a = b = c = 1, then d = 1.

[Nano]

yeah but do it, take any number say a is 5 square it you get 25 and b is 4 square that you get 16 and c is 6 square that and you get 36.Add them together and you get hmm 77 so what squared gives you 77?

[Holy Knight]

yeah but do it, take any number say a is 5 square it you get 25 and b is 4 square that you get 16 and c is 6 square that and you get 36.Add them together and you get hmm 77 so what squared gives you 77?

Well, the square root of 77...

[Nano]

very good and i thought holy knight would get it straight away

[Nano]

8.774964387 is the square root of 77
the reason i posted this was because only a person good at maths could get it :P

[drgenestarwind]

D is the lenght of the diagonal from the opposite points of a cube, or the pythagorean theorem in three dimensions.

[kittykiller3000]

heres one

the l_l reperensants a empty cup
the l*lreperensants a cup with a marble.

here's the set up

l_l l*l l_l l*l l_l l*l


with only moving 1 cup, get it where all the cups with marbles are ajcent

[Leader Desslock]

the l_l reperensants a empty cup
the l*lreperensants a cup with a marble.

here's the set up

l_l l*l l_l l*l l_l l*l


with only moving 1 cup, get it where all the cups with marbles are ajcent
Pick up the cup on the end (#6) and dump its marble into the third cup. Then cups 2, 3 and 4 will contain the marbles.

[kittykiller3000]

dang, you got it.

[Leader Desslock]

One of the blessings of being both left- and right-brained simultaneously is that when I can't solve a problem as an engineer, I can solve it as a poet. That's also the largest disadvantage, by the way. Sometimes you should have to say, "Damn it Jim - I'm a poet, not an engineer!"

Anyway, it was easy. I am grateful to see the thread turn more to problems which can be reasoned out, rather than simple puns and math quizzes. ^_^ I'll have to see if I can dig up another good'n...

[miko hanyou]

I got one:

There were two mothers and two daugthers fishing in a pond and each caught a fish but when they counted them there were only 3 fishes,why?

This one is too easy,I tried to think of something better but this one was the only one came up.

[DarkSchneider]

one was the daughter, one was the mother of the daughter, the last was the grandmother of the daughter.

[miko hanyou]

^That's right!

[VSh]

Here is a simple one:

You have three raw steaks and one small frying pan for only two of them. The steaks should be fried on both sides for five minutes each side. When can your hungry family have lunch?

[Holy Knight]

Here is a simple one:

You have three raw steaks and one small frying pan for only two of them. The steaks should be fried on both sides for five minutes each side. When can your hungry family have lunch?

Anytime they want? The first part of the riddle has no corelation to the other part, thus they are in no way related...

But if it was, 15 minutes is the least amount of time one can take.

[Old Ape Face]

Pick up the cup on the end (#6) and dump its marble into the third cup. Then cups 2, 3 and 4 will contain the marbles.


you could also dump cup number 2 into numer 5 and cups 4 5 and 6 will have marbels.

[DarkSchneider]

Anytime they want? The first part of the riddle has no corelation to the other part, thus they are in no way related...

But if it was, 15 minutes is the least amount of time one can take.

I'm not sure if I understand the wording correctly from the OP, but wouldn't it take 20 minutes to fully cook all three steaks?

If I understand correctly, the pan can cook two at a time?
If it take 5 minutes to fully cook one side of a steak and you can fit two steaks in the pan at once, then you'd be able to fully cook two steaks in the first 10 minutes, then another 10 minutes to fully cook the last steak.

[Old Ape Face]

I'm not sure if I understand the wording correctly from the OP, but wouldn't it take 20 minutes to fully cook all three steaks?

If I understand correctly, the pan can cook two at a time?
If it take 5 minutes to fully cook one side of a steak and you can fit two steaks in the pan at once, then you'd be able to fully cook two steaks in the first 10 minutes, then another 10 minutes to fully cook the last steak.


no becuase 2 steaks are in the pan and they both take 5 minuets each side, then you add the next steak witch is 5 minuets on each side :| um please don't take this into consideration for me contredicting myself.

[Holy Knight]

I'm not sure if I understand the wording correctly from the OP, but wouldn't it take 20 minutes to fully cook all three steaks?

If I understand correctly, the pan can cook two at a time?
If it take 5 minutes to fully cook one side of a steak and you can fit two steaks in the pan at once, then you'd be able to fully cook two steaks in the first 10 minutes, then another 10 minutes to fully cook the last steak.

There's a way around that. Cook two on one side, 5 mins later, flip one and take one out to fry the other. 5 more mins later, flip the one half cooked and take the cooked one out, putting in the one you took out and you have 15 mins total. ^_^

[CeLL_288]

I'm not sure if I understand the wording correctly from the OP, but wouldn't it take 20 minutes to fully cook all three steaks?

If I understand correctly, the pan can cook two at a time?
If it take 5 minutes to fully cook one side of a steak and you can fit two steaks in the pan at once, then you'd be able to fully cook two steaks in the first 10 minutes, then another 10 minutes to fully cook the last steak.No Holy Knight's right. Put two in on one side for five minutes, then take one out and flip the other one over and put the as yet raw one in for five minutes, then flip that over, take the done one out, and put in the half-done one on the other side. After five minutes, those two will be done, and it's only been fifteen minutes.

[DarkSchneider]

There's a way around that. Cook two on one side, 5 mins later, flip one and take one out to fry the other. 5 more mins later, flip the one half cooked and take the cooked one out, putting in the one you took out and you have 15 mins total. ^_^

Yeah... that's right.

Like it would matter anyways. I'd eat all 3 steaks and the rest of my family would starve anyways.

[kt-san]

Here is a simple one:

You have three raw steaks and one small frying pan for only two of them. The steaks should be fried on both sides for five minutes each side. When can your hungry family have lunch?

in 10 minutes

[Old Ape Face]

There's a way around that. Cook two on one side, 5 mins later, flip one and take one out to fry the other. 5 more mins later, flip the one half cooked and take the cooked one out, putting in the one you took out and you have 15 mins total. ^_^

that still doesnt work becuase even if you take one out, you still have to wait for the final 5 minuest to cook it, so 5 for two you flip one take the other out that 5 for those that's 10 there, then you add the other in for the finall 5 minuets. :| i have a habbit for controdicting myself thank you.

[Leader Desslock]

in 10 minutes
I'll agree with this, because the last steak is yours. Your family can eat when the first two are done, which only takes 10 minutes. They'll eat while you cook your steak. The question is for when your family can eat, not you, and it never says that you'll be eating with them.

Of course, I think the correct answer is 15, even though that goes against basic cooking knowledge. The first steak that gets a 5-minute break between cooking sessions won't cook properly if it gets a chance to cool down.

Then again, everyone could be vegetarians. They'll never eat. You don't know!

[Holy Knight]

No, I factored in the 10 minute time, but discarded it because it would not be good table manners to let your family eat while you cooked your steak. Family is (thankfully) not extended family!

[Leader Desslock]

I have a rude family. They'd eat without me.

[Holy Knight]

Eh, mine insist on eating together.

In any case, Vsh will give out the correct answer.

[VSh]

Eh, mine insist on eating together.

In any case, VSh will give out the correct answer.
The answer is supposed to be "in 15 minutes".

Now it's something more interesting.

Imagine yourself in final of some TV-show. I don't remember the name, but it was very stupid and it doesn't matter anyway. There are 3 big boxes – left, central and right; one of them contents a luxury car – dream of your life. Showman offers you to select one box and win the car. You point to left one. Your chances to win are 1/3, right? But it isn't all. The showmen opens central box, and it's empty. What are your chances to win now? Next, the showman offers you select another closed box, if you wish. Shouldn't you change your mind and do it? What are your chances in this case?

[Leader Desslock]

The show would be Let's Make A Deal.

Initial scenario: You select the Left box. If one of those boxes contains the car, your chances are 1 in 3.

Once one box (center) is revealed, your chances are now 1 in 2 that your Left box contains the car.

A new box is introduced. Since the new box wasn't introduced as "one of the boxes that contains the car", chances are 0 that the new box contains the car. It could contain something else, something worse, something better - even a different car, but it isn't guaranteed to contain anything at all. Meanwhile your Left box still has a 1 in 2 chance that it contains your car.

Should you switch? Only if you think that there's a better than 1 in 2 chance that the new box contains something better than the luxury car that is the 'dream of your life'. Or that the contents are so good that the decreased chance of winning is worth it. Whatever. But statistically, you can't decide. You just know that it might arbitrarily contain something, it might not.

That's my take.

[VSh]

A new box is introduced. Since the new box wasn't introduced as "one of the boxes that contains the car", chances are 0 that the new box contains the car.
No. The another closed box is the third untouched from the beginning (the right box), isn't a new one, and it can contain the car.

[Leader Desslock]

That's what I said. Your original boxes are A, B and C - corresponding to Left, Center and Right, respectively. The car, you are told, is in one of those. B is proven to be empty, leaving A and C. Then - according to what you wrote, "another closed box" is presented; we'd call that 'D'. But the new car can't be in 'D', it must still be in A or C. So it's still a 1 in 2 chance. There's probably a 'Zonk' in D.

This is consistent with the way the show was played, as I recall.

EDIT: Oh. Well, if there's no 'D' box, then what's it matter? There's still a 1 in 2 chance that it'll be in 'A'. Then again, it might just as easily been in 'C', and there's a 1 in 2 chance of that. What's the point of switching boxes? The chances are equal either way.

[VSh]

There's still a 1 in 2 chance that it'll be in 'A'. Then again, it might just as easily been in 'C', and there's a 1 in 2 chance of that. What's the point of switching boxes? The chances are equal either way.
I wouldn't post so easy problem. See my signature.

[DarkSchneider]

Hehe... I used to love Let's Make A Deal. That and Press Your Luck...
No Whammies, Big Bucks, and.... STOP!

[kittykiller3000]

Hay, that riddle thing came from Numbers.

[VSh]

It looks like the car in the box puzzle becomes too difficult. Do you want the answer or to think more this weekend?

Small hint: the showman can know something about where is the car.

[Nano]

there are two paths in front of me with two people one at each path. The man to the village of truth always tells the truth, the man to village of lies alway tells a lie
I want to go to the village of truth.How do i find out which is which?

if you already know the answer just put it in as a spoiler warning.

[Leader Desslock]

We did this one. Except it was doors. I advocated Cohen The Barbarian's solution.

As far as the "car in a box" riddle, unless someone here has some experience in statistics, I'm done guessing. Unless it's Schrodinger's Volvo, I don't see how the host's knowledge of which box the car is in affects the statistics of the contestant's blind guess. I still see an equal chance of the car being in A or C.

[Nano]

if its chose one box and win the car regardless of wether it contained the car or not then your chances of winning the car are 100%

[VSh]

I don't see how the host's knowledge of which box the car is in affects the statistics of the contestant's blind guess. I still see an equal chance of the car being in A or C.They are not equal. Think better.

[Holy Knight]

Imagine yourself in final of some TV-show. I don't remember the name, but it was very stupid and it doesn't matter anyway. There are 3 big boxes – left, central and right; one of them contents a luxury car – dream of your life. Showman offers you to select one box and win the car. You point to left one. Your chances to win are 1/3, right? But it isn't all. The showmen opens central box, and it's empty. What are your chances to win now? Next, the showman offers you select another closed box, if you wish. Shouldn't you change your mind and do it? What are your chances in this case?

Well the way you worded it, it seems as if you opened the left box and were given the option to open the last one, thus winning. But that can't be logical in itself.

It goes as 1/3 -> 1/2...It stays 1/2 even if you could change choice, unless the commentator is making a subtle hint that the other box is either the good one or trying to trick you into choosing it. I don't see what can be the answer.

[Leader Desslock]

Think better.
I majored in languages for a reason. You're talking about applied statistics to someone who dropped out of mathematics at Diffy-Q. And that was 20 years ago. ^_^

Best I can do is write a computer model to simulate it and try to extrapolate something from the results.

[Nano]

so you chose the left box right, so lets asume that that box was opened right away.Then the presenter opens the central box so thats two gone. so he then asks you if you want to open the last box, so if you chose to open it then your chances of winning the car is 100%.

[VSh]

so you chose the left box right, so lets asume that that box was opened right away...It remains unopened.

[Holy Knight]

It remains unopened.

Thent he chance stays at 1/2 unless there is additional information we are not getting.

Here's another one: Two girls are walking side by side. Suddenly, one giggles. Which is the tallest?

[Nano]

is it still 1/3? because it doesnt say that if you pick the box with the car in it and you win the car. like, you could pick the left box and it doesnt have the car in it but you still win it because it was the right box. so they could be see through boxe's allowing you to see which box the car is in but it wouldnt necessarily be the box to pick to win the car so you could still pick either three of the boxe's even though the central box is empty so your chance's of winning the car are still 1/3

[TheDrizzle]

I pick up 1000 cups with one hand, how do i do it!?

[Nano]

you have a really big hand or they are all balanced on top of each other

[TheDrizzle]

NOpe....haha